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An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?